Dr. Abdelhadi Abdelwahab Mohamed

Associate Professor and Coordinator of Desert Farming Techniques and Soiless Agriculture

Center for Environmental and Biological Studies

College of Education, Administrative, and Technical Sciences

abdelhadiama@agu.edu.bh
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Bio▼

     Dr. Abdelhadi Abdelwahab Mohamed specializes in water management, desert farming, and soilless agriculture. Currently Chair of the Sultan Qaboos Chair for Desert Farming at the Arabian Gulf University in Bahrain, he has over three decades of experience advancing sustainable agricultural practices across Africa and the Middle East. Dr. Abdelhadi earned his Ph.D. from Kobe University, Japan, focusing on Blue Nile water management systems, following master’s and diploma degrees from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. His research integrates water efficiency, salinity mitigation, and climate adaptation strategies in arid regions. A recipient of the King Hamad First Prize for Agricultural Research, he has led numerous international projects with organizations such as AOAD, GIZ, and JSPS, and authored extensive scientific publications on irrigation, soil salinity, and sustainable crop production

Academic Background▼
  • Bachelor's degree: Agriculture, specialization in Agricultural Mechanization, University of Khartoum, 1985
  • Master's degree: Agriculture and Biological Sciences - Agricultural Engineering: Water Cooling for Greenhouses, Newcastle University, UK, 1992
  • PhD: Global Development Studies, Kobe University, Japan: Developing a model for optimal management of the Blue Nile waters in Sudan


 

Research Interests▼
  • Agricultural Water Management
  • Desert farming
  • Soilless agriculture
Selected Publications▼
  1. Abdelhadi, A. W., T. Hata, H. Tanakamaru, A. Tada and M. A. Tariq (2000). Estimation of crop water requirements in arid region using Penman-Monteith equation with derived crop coefficients: a case study on Acala cotton in Sudan Gezira irrigated scheme. Agricultural Water Management, Vol. 45, pp. 203-214.
  2. Abdelhadi Abdel Wahab and Ahmed Ali Salih, (2012). Water requirements of sugar beet Beta vulgaris under heavy cracking clay soils. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology B2, pp.865-1250.
  3. Abdelhadi A.W., Salih A.A., Sultan K., Alsafi A. and Tashtoush F. (2020). Actual water use of young date palm trees as affected by Aminolevulinic Acid application and different irrigation water salinities. Irrigation and Drainage 69(3); 427-440. DOI: 10.1002/ird.2414.
  4. عبدالهادي عبدالوهاب وعلي فقيه (2023). سياسات الأمن الغذائي لدى دول الخليج العربي ورابطة دول (الآسيان). مجلة دراسات. العدد 10، 1. ص 105-127.
  5. Asma M. Ali1, Qaisar Mahmood1 & Abdelhadi A. W., (2024). Assessing Sustainability Performance at Farm Level in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Sustainable Agriculture Research; Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 68-83.